Transcript: Windows XP General, March 29, 2005
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| Dave Monk [MSFT] (Expert):
| Q: allow all options.....24 bit and Ubuntu.....
| A: it might be the drivers for the video card that the Xserver is using.
| try checking to see if 24 bbp modes are listed in your .xinitrc. are
| you seeing the same problem in non-unix OS emulation?
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And poor support is what one gets from properietary software where support is
a monopoly.